The Meeker herald., 1887-07-09
0rare Up.


And the entire country has been labor
In: under wide-s spread and serious de-
preston for two years past 10 cowmnn
will deny. The shrinsnge in values in
ali Of the market centsn OF this coun-
Try and the old world has been eNlrcn.
and In consequence very large portion
ol the profit To the ranehmen has been
cut on. To the eastern breeder on
high priced land all the profit Is gone.
Except in cases where there Is unnsu-
ally favorable conditions the beef mar
|ketsd by the farmers eas, oi the Missis-
|sippi river during the pas, Two years
has cost moge than il brought.
In Consequence there is u genera. Ills
xs~itSoa 70 alsngten production in this
ikia1DIA ~ - ond some other way Ia
nliiixs tho nifty and hundred dollar
lauJs In the old west. There is no way
of ending out just how widely this Idea
p&evails. or u what extent II will II.
carried out hut nine farmers out OF
ten with whom one meets nj III. mar.
kets or In their country homes dcclar.
iu strong language that there IL nothing
In farm brrf al prcsen, prices, and that
they are turning their attention Ia
n,mrthing elsr. This change Of base
In the agricultural district, means more
than nj hrst glanc. /, would seem
70 mean. Really the b--i product oI
The farms Is thr main supply of ID.
land. Range b-cf Is held la larsr lots
and gocs forward In such supply u, onc
time ~ To Greats fals- impression ~
To It's magnitude. When fact, af- gath
cred and presented l, Is iouai iha, the
two. thrrr or 1--WE STEER, turned oil an
nuaily by u million farmers arr wha,
regulate the question Of supply, and b,
this prices arr governed. Hence, when
we sec . general determination on the
part of thcsr gentlemen who feed tile
public To GU, on the supply or reduce
Tie output, II means something.
Instead of being u present help this
id~a of unloading and stopping rru.inc'
tiosi has had the effect oi keeping ,pn
many cattle on the market aud still fur
ther depressing values. liu, th" r-sc'
iiou of all this is n,af a, hand. There
II but one possible result prices mus,
=, Zen.
What ronc~rns the ranch s'o-kinai,
mora especially Just now is the question
"HOw sooa Will prices .isn.ns' Here
~s are with1i, data. siS muniiss ago.
;s~iats - Aprii last, 'hrtr WAS a gen
rsal fsaling ~ SECURITY NJ IL bitter
prices fos our this seasons output q.
rzuac b~cf. hut th.T- ha,r t-~n large
rsocip,s almost daily In all the Market
anil ti'c supply has i-cn greater thar
thu demand. From week la week u
Was believed tint tho run II cnfn.i.d
brey~s was aion, over. Hut ~ Ecgu
lasi, as Monday came The sain" Old sur
plus of cattle from the corn t-sli showed
up IN the pms vi the stock yards. Even
up to date this condition continues
The prayers of many wicked aud som,
righteous mcn have gone up To the
cifrct that this hidden supply might
,<pn In exhausted. Whether th-s.
shall avail Is n matter foT the future t.
uncover. Upon this depends laTg.l.
the price ri beef In Angus; and later
Last years crop being ont Of tic way
there will hc n shortage in tie supply OF
1851 and very increased shortage IN
~. 10 and 10.
When the tide begins 10 break GA ih,
shorc mud there is no mistake as To the
reaction there will he general rush Ia
get cattle and save nil Of tn. sh. stock
a. there WAS few years ago. But a
calf cannot he born aud reared In n
three year In much less than three
ycars. 30 II will require tim. 10 coun'
ieract the good effects Of the manifest
shortage In beef during the years above
named. Meantime there will L. an in
crease Of population at the rat. Of iiyc
per cent. and an increased consumption
10 overcome.
This In har,l year for the range bc-
cause II Is the transition pericj. But IT
Ii the time TO brace aud stand firm. To
use = cowboys common phrase. this is
tie time To ''haAg anj rattle" In
other words. the owners Of cattle who
have = range for them ~ run on and
can safely tide over the present year
will enter upon mn era of good prices
and general prosperity that viii CON
tin'ie long enough 10 create wealth out
of a small herd properly managed.
Advice is often cheap. but. If taken
as u whole. dear in the end. Some may
say the same of our present remarks.
This. Of course. we cannot regulate.
But careful investigation of the situ-
alton j,istihes the conclusions set forth.
Live. horse. and you will get grass. is
not Particularly encouraging to the POOR
least In the fall of the year with u long
winter before him and no hay stack Ia
run to. The question is how to live in
order to get the grass. There are few
OF the plains cn,tlcmen 81 badly off that
they cannot survive the depression of
the present wear. Many Of them will
lie required to make personal sacrifices
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